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  • Middle School and Up

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      Region: Arctic | Antarctic
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      Polar Explorer Activity
      A simple craft activity where students research an Arctic or Antarctic explorer and make index cards with pictures and information about the explorers on them. The cards are then connected by paper clips or string to make a dangling string for each explorer or expedition to be hung around the room.

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      PolarTREC Reflection Journals
      Students follow PolarTREC expeditions, and create their own journals of scientific discovery along the way.

  • Elementary and Up

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      PolarTREC Teacher / Researcher at Work
      What do polar researchers do? Explore this question and more with this interesting activity.

  • Middle School and Up

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      Region: Antarctic
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      Model Making Mania
      Students create scaled models of the Taylor Valley glaciers and lakes (or any valley of your choice!). This lesson covers basic glacial features and has students reading and using Topo maps to construct a replica of Taylor Valley, Antarctica (or the valley of your choice!).

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      Pond Profile
      Students develop original research questions to assess the environmental conditions at a local pond (depth, temperature, light, turbidity, carbon dioxide levels, species diversity, pH, stratification (temp/light/biological) within the pond, etc. This lesson integrates the use of Probe-ware with inquiry-based methods and ecosystem dynamics.

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      Bolus Dissection
      Much like an owl pellet, a bolus is all the indigestible material that is “thrown up” by an albatross.

  • All Ages

  • Middle School and Up

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      Salt Content and Freezing Water Activity
      How does the salt content of water affect its ability to freeze?

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      Pumping Carbon
      An Interactive look at the Oceanic Biological Pump

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      Region: Arctic | Antarctic
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